Strong G3004G3004Gλέγω
to say
One of the 2 senses of Strong G3004
- Transliteration
- legō
- Pronunciation
- leg'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; properly to lay forth that is (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely and G2980 means an extended or random harangue]); by implication to mean: - ask bid boast call describe give out name put forth say (-ing on) shew speak tell utter.
Detailed definition
λέγω,
[in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Gen.22:16, al.;]
1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.
2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Act.13:15, 24:10; before orat. dir., Mat.9:34, Mrk.3:11, Jhn.1:29, al.; before ὅτι recit., Mrk.3:21, Luk.1:24, Jhn.6:14, al.; accusative and inf., Luk.11:18, Jhn.12:29, al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ. λέγειν, Mat.11:17, al.; ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν) λέγων (καὶ λέγει; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), Mat.25:9, Mrk.3:33, 7:28, Luk.24:6, 7, al.; of unspoken thought, λ. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, Mat.3:9, Luk.3:8, al.; of writing, 2Co.8:8, Php.4:11, al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή, Rom.4:3, Jas.2:23, al.; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.8:8, 9:33, Jhn.5:34, al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369f.), Mat.27:11, Mrk.15:2, Luk.23:3, Jhn.18:37; with dative of person(s), before orat. dir., Mat.8:20, Mrk.2:17, al. mult.; id. before ὅτι, Mat.3:9, al.; with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, etc., Mrk.4:41, Jhn.11:56, Heb.9:5, al.; to mean (cl.), Mrk.14:71, Jhn.6:71, 1Co.10:29, al.; to call, name, Mrk.10:18; pass., Mat.9:9, Mrk.15:7, al (cf. ἀντι-, δια- (-μαι), προ-, συλ-λέγω).
SYN.: λαλέω, which refers to the utterance, as λέγω to the meaning of what is said, its correspondence with thought (Tr., Syn., Ixxvi; Thayer, see word λαλέω). (AS)
[in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Gen.22:16, al.;]
1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.
2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Act.13:15, 24:10; before orat. dir., Mat.9:34, Mrk.3:11, Jhn.1:29, al.; before ὅτι recit., Mrk.3:21, Luk.1:24, Jhn.6:14, al.; accusative and inf., Luk.11:18, Jhn.12:29, al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ. λέγειν, Mat.11:17, al.; ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν) λέγων (καὶ λέγει; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), Mat.25:9, Mrk.3:33, 7:28, Luk.24:6, 7, al.; of unspoken thought, λ. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, Mat.3:9, Luk.3:8, al.; of writing, 2Co.8:8, Php.4:11, al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή, Rom.4:3, Jas.2:23, al.; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.8:8, 9:33, Jhn.5:34, al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369f.), Mat.27:11, Mrk.15:2, Luk.23:3, Jhn.18:37; with dative of person(s), before orat. dir., Mat.8:20, Mrk.2:17, al. mult.; id. before ὅτι, Mat.3:9, al.; with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, etc., Mrk.4:41, Jhn.11:56, Heb.9:5, al.; to mean (cl.), Mrk.14:71, Jhn.6:71, 1Co.10:29, al.; to call, name, Mrk.10:18; pass., Mat.9:9, Mrk.15:7, al (cf. ἀντι-, δια- (-μαι), προ-, συλ-λέγω).
SYN.: λαλέω, which refers to the utterance, as λέγω to the meaning of what is said, its correspondence with thought (Tr., Syn., Ixxvi; Thayer, see word λαλέω). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3004G appears in 1,160 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- say851
- saith240
- tell32
- speak27
- spake13
- sayest8
- spoken6
- thou6
- called2
- speaketh2
- ask1
- bid1
First verses
- Matthew 1:20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
- Matthew 1:22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 2:2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
- Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
- Matthew 2:15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
- Matthew 2:17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 2:20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
- Matthew 3:2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Matthew 3:9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
- Matthew 3:14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
- Matthew 3:17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- Matthew 4:6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
- Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Matthew 4:14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 4:17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matthew 4:19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
- Matthew 5:2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
- Matthew 5:18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Matthew 5:20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
- λόγοςwordG3056
- παραλέγωto sail pastG3881
- ἀντιλέγωto disputeG483
- ἐκλέγωto selectG1586
- ψευδολόγοςlyingG5573
- ἐπιλέγωto call/chooseG1951
- σπερμολόγοςbabblerG4691
- στρατολογέωto enlistG4758
- προλέγωto foretellG4302
- ματαιολόγοςbabblerG3151
- συλλέγωto collectG4816
- χρηστολογίαsmooth talkG5542
- καταλέγωto enrolG2639
- μωρολογίαfoolish talkG3473
- συναρμολογέωto joinG4883
- διαλέγωto disputeG1256
Detailed Greek dictionary
λέγω,
B pick up, etc.: tenses for signification 1 and 11, future λέξω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.224)]: aorist ἔλεξα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 292)]:—middle, future in passive sense λέξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 322)]: aorist ἐλεξάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.27 (_transitive_))]; Epic dialect ἐλέγμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.335; λέκτο 4.451)]:—passive, aorist ἐλέχθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.188: also post- 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus in these senses, but only in _composition_, especially with ἀπο-, ἐκ-, κατα-, συν)]-; post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]perfect εἴλοχα (κατ-, συν-), passive εἴλεγμαι, in these senses rarely λέλεγμαι (see. the compounds); also future λεγήσομαι (συλ-): aorist 2 ἐλέγην (κατ-, συν-):—gather, pick up, ὀστέα.. λέγωμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.239, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24. 72, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.53)]; αἱμασιάς τε λέγων picking out stones for building walls, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.359 (ubi see Scholia, compare λογάς 2), compare 24.224)]:—middle, gather for oneself, ἐπὶ δὲ ξύλα πολλὰ λέγεσθε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.507; ὀστέα λευκὰ λέγοντο 24.793; φάρμακα λέξασθαι 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.807.)]
B.2 middle, choose for oneself, pick out, λέξαιτο.. ἄνδρας ἀρίστους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.108; κούρους 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.27)]:—passive, to be chosen, εἰ.. λεγοίμεθα πάντες ἄριστοι [Refs (13.276.)]
B.II count, tell, ἐν δ᾽ ἡμέας λέγε κήτεσιν he counted us among the seals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.452)]; and in aorist middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.125)]; ἐγὼ πέμπτος μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην I reckoned myself.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.335)]; λέκτο δ᾽ ἀριθμόν he told him over the number, [Refs (4.451)]:—passive, μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέχθην I was counted among these, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.188.)]
B.II.b so, but not frequently, after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, λ. ποντιᾶν ψάφων ἀριθμόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.46, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 570; καθ᾽ ἓν ἕκαστον λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.45)]; also καὶ σὲ δ᾽ ἐν τούτοις λέγω count you among.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 973)]; λ. τινὰ οὐδαμοῦ count him as naught, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 183)]; κέρδος λ., εἰ.. count it gain, that.., [Refs ([prev. work] 462)]:—middle, λέξατο πάντας [ναύτας] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.189)]:—passive, λέγεσθαι ἐν τοῖς ἱππικωτάτοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.20; ἐνὶ πρώτῃσι λέγεσθαι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 16)]: future middle in passive sense, ἐν τοῖς οὐκέτ᾽ οὖσι λέξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [prev. cited])]
B.II.2 recount, tell over, οὔ τι διαπρήξαιμι λέγων ἐμὰ κήδεα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.197; σὺ δέ μοι λέγε θέσκελα ἔργα 11.374; τὰ ἕκαστα λέγων 12.165; ὅσα τ᾽ αὐτὸς.. ἐμόγησε, πάντ᾽ ἔλεγ᾽ 23.308: so in Trag., λ. τύχας, πάθη, μόχθους, etc., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 633, “Pers.” 292, “Ag.” 555, etc.)]; also Ἀγαμέμνονι.. λέγ᾽ ὀνείδεα repeated reproaches against him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.222; so perhaps ψεύδεα πολλὰ λ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 27 (but see below 111):)] —middle, τί σε χρὴ ταῦτα λέγεσθα; why need'st thou tell the tale thereof? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.275)]; and so, μηκέτι ταῦτα λεγώμεθα νηπύτιοι ὥς[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 292, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.240, 13.296; μηκέτι νῦν δήθ᾽ αὖθι λεγώμεθα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.435.)]
B.III say, speak, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 27 (see. above 11.2))]: future λέξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 38.1, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 859, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.14, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.33, etc.)]: aorist ἔλεξα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 217e, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.15 (rare in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)] and the Orators, common in some dialects, as Boeotian, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 7.504.2 (from Tanagra), Thessalian, [prev. work]9(2).461.21, Ionic, variant in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 12):)]perfect λέλεχα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.249, λέλεγα and λέλογας 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (εἴρηκα in correct writers))]:—passive, future λεχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.86, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67c, etc.)]: also future middle in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1186, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 906 (Lyric poetry), etc.; and λελέξομαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53 (variant{λέξεται}), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 457b:)]aorist ἐλέχθην (never ἐλέγην in this sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1442, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.32, etc.)]: perfect λέλεγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.20, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.21, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 389, etc. (εἴλεγμαι)] in this sense only in compound δι-): rare in compounds (only ἀντιλέγω, ἐπιλέγω, καταλέγω, προλέγω), the present in most compounds being supplied by ἀγορεύω, the future by ἐρῶ, the aorist by εἶπον, the perfect by εἴρηκα:
B.III.1 say, speak, never in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, first in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place], frequently from 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] and Trag. downwards; of all kinds of oral communications, ἐκέλευε λέγειν εἴ τι θέλοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.58)]; so λέγοις ἄν speak, say on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 268e, etc.; λ. μῦθον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 698 (troch.); ψευδῆ λ. [prev. author] “Ag.” 625; ἀληθῆ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 12b)] (so in passive, λόγος λέλεκται πᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 389))]; of oracles, say, declare, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.136)]; ὥσπερ τοὔνομα λέγει indicates, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312c: with Preps., λ. ἀμφί τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1017, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 580; περί τινος 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 34.2, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 165, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 151 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48)]; ὑπέρ τινος in his defence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 555, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.16)]; κατά τινος against him, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1240a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.2)]; λ. ἐπί τισι εὐχὰς ἀγαθάς express good wishes for them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 625 (_anapaest meter_))]; λ. τά τινος take his part, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.64)]; λ. πρός τι in reference or in answer to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 753, etc.; εἴς τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.5.1.)]
B.III.2 with accusative et infinitive, say that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.59, etc.: with _negative_ οὐ, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 348c, etc., but μή [prev. work] 346e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.5 (_passive_))], and usually in later Gr., [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.38.22; λ. μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν NT.Matt.22.23: frequently also followed by ὡς, ὅτι (generally so in the _active_ voice) when the subject of the relative clause may become the object of the principal Verb, γυναῖκα λέγουσιν, ὡς κάθηται.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.5, etc.: rarely with)]participle, λ. Οἰδίπουν ὀλωλότα speak of him as dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1580; λέγουσιν ἡμᾶς ὡς ὀλωλότας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 672; λέξασ᾽ ἀδελφῷ σ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ὄντα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 888)]:—passive, λέξεται ἔχων [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IT” 1047, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 170 (conjecture).)]
B.III.3 λέγειν τινά τι say something of another, especially κακὰ λ. τινά speak ill of him, revile him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.61; ἀγαθὰ λ. τινάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 435)]; τὰ ἔσχατα, τὰ ἀπόρρητα λ. ἀλλήλους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.123)]; also εὖ or κακῶς λ. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 445 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 524, compare 1028; εὖ λ. τὸν εὖ λέγοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.8.)]
B.III.4 call by name, ἃς τρέμομεν λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 128 (Lyric poetry))]: with double accusative, call so and so, λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν ἄνδρα τόνδε τῶν σταθμῶν κύνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 896, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 939 codices, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, etc.)]
B.III.5 λ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι tell, command one to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 553, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 101, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.22, etc.)]: so with τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 840, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.150 (no object expressed in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 925, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 856))]; λέγε τὸν ἐρωτῶντα ἵνα.. εἴπῃ σοι.. [NT+4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” p.1 H.; ὡς ὁ νόμος λέγει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.20; ὁ λέγων μὴ μοιχεύειν NT.Rom.2.22.)]
B.III.6 λ. τι say something, i.e. speak to the point or purpose, βούλῃ λέγειν τι, καὶ λέγων μηδὲν κλύει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 757)]; λέγω τ; am I right? the answer being λέγεις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 1475; κινδυνεύεις τι λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 404a; ἴσως ἄν τι λέγοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.12, compare “Cyr.” 1.4.20)]; opposed to οὐδὲν λέγει has no meaning, no authority, οὐδὲν λ. τὸ σωφρόνως τραφῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 334, compare “V.” 75)]; οὐδὲν λέγεις nonsense! [Refs ([prev. author] “Th.” 625)]; but οὐδὲν λέγειν, also, say what is not, lie, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Av.” 66, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30b)]; also εὖ γε λέγεις, εὖ λέγεις, εὖ ἂν λέγοις, good news!, that is well!,[Refs ([prev. work] 24e, “Grg.” 447b, “Prt.” 310b)]; καλῶς, ὀρθῶς λ., you are right, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.4, 3.6.8)]; κοὔπω λέγω and what is more, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.44)]; τί λέγει; τὸν ἔποπα παῖ καλεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 57, compare “Ec.” 298 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.III.7 pleonastic, ἔφη λέγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.156, 5.36; ἔλεγε φάς [prev. author] 1.122; ἔφασκε λέγων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 472; ἦ δ᾽ ὃς λέγων [prev. author] “V.” 795; ὡς ἔφη λέγων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 757; καὶ λέγων εἶπεν οὕτω πως 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.74, etc.)]
B.III.8 at the beginning of letters or documents, Ἄμασις Πολυκράτεϊ ὧδε λέγει.., Μαρδόνιος τάδε λέγει.., etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40, 8.140)]. ά, etc.; τὰ γράμματα ἔλεγε τάδε [Refs ([prev. author] 1.124, etc.)]; γράμμασι λέγον τάδε, of an inscription, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54)]: in roman edicts, Μάρκος Μέττιος Ῥοῦφος.. λέγει [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 viii 28 (1st c.AD).)]
B.III.9 wish to say, mean, οὔτοι γυναῖκας ἀλλὰ Γοργόνας λέγω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 48)]; τί τοῦτο λέγει, πρὸ Πύλοι; what does πρὸ Πύλοιο mean? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1059, compare 1021, 1375, “Ec.” 989, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 60e: frequently in Platonic dialogue, πῶς λέγεις)]; how do you mean? in what sense do you say this? Ap.[Refs (24e, +others)]; ἢ πῶς λέγομε; or what do we mean to say? Grg.[Refs (480b)]; πῶς δὴ οὖν αὐτὸ λέγει; [Refs (“Phdr.” 265c)]; ποῖόν τί ποτε ἄρα λέγοντές φασι.. what they can possibly mean by saying.., [Refs (“Tht.” 181c, +others: with double _accusative_, τοιοῦτόν τι σὲ λέγειν τὸ κρεῖττον “Grg.” 489d, +others: frequently (especially in Trag.) to explain more fully, εἴσω κομίζου καὶ σύ, Κασάνδραν λέγω)] you, I mean Cassandra, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1035; ὁ μάντις, υἱὸν Οἰκλέους λ. [prev. author] “Th.” 609, compare 658 (variant), “Pr.” 946; ποταμός, Ἀχελῷον λέγω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 9, compare 1220, “Ph.” 1261, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 987)]; ἐμὲ λέγων meaning me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.215; τὸ δ᾽ ὑμεῖς ὅταν λέγω, τὴν πόλιν λ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.88: sometimes, however, the word after λέγω)] is put in apposition with the word to be explained, Ἀντικλείας.., τῆς σῆς λέγω τοι μητρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 175, compare “Th.” 658 codex M; περὶ τῶνδε.., λέγω δὲ Φωκέων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.152; παρ᾽ ὧν.., τούτων τῶν τὴν Ἀσίαν οἰκούντων λέγω [prev. author] 8.24, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 202b: _absolutely_, μηδενὸς ὄντος ἐν [τῇ χώρᾳ] λέγω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.27.)]
B.III.9.b περὶ ἃς (i.e. ἀπολαύσεις) λέγομεν τὸν σώφρονα in regard to which we use the term 'temperate', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1148a5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494b.)]
B.III.10 ὡς λέγουσι as they say, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 23, etc.; ὡς λ. μοι [prev. author] “OC” 1161:)] —passive, λέγεται it is said, c.accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.30, +others)]; but also πατρὸς λέγεται γενέσθαι.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.2.1)]; θανεῖν ἐλέχθη he was said to have been killed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 292; so λεγόμενον ἐρέω 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.108: τὸ λεγόμενον)] absolutely, as the saying goes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.68, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 447a, “Smp.” 217e, etc.; τὸ λ. δὴ τοῦτο [prev. author] “Grg.” 514e: ὁ λεγόμενος γραῶν ὕθλος)] the so-called.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 176b; οἱ λ. αὐτόνομοι εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.8)]; οἱ λ. ὅτι.. of whom it is said that.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.6.16.)]
B.III.11 of orators, speak (emphatically), λέγειν δεινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 545, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.9, etc.; λέγειν ἠσκηκότες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 963, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 95 (see. λαλέω); λ. τε καὶ πράσσειν δυνατώτατος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139; οἱ ἐν τῷ πλήθει λέγειν δυνάμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.8, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.286)]; plead one's cause in a court of law, [Refs ([prev. author] 23.78)]; δίκας λέγειν ὑπέρ τινος speak as an advocate for.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.111.)]
B.III.12 boast of, tell of, τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ῥώμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.10)]; in Poets, sing of, θέλω λ. Ἀτρείδας [Refs (“Anacreontea” 23.1.)]
B.III.13 recite what is written, λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον καὶ λέγε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 143c; and frequently in Oratt., as λέγε τὸν νόμον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.8)] and 10, etc.; of lectures, ἀκούσατέ μου σχόλια λέγοντος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.21.6, compare 15.8)] (the sense of Latin lego, read, occurs only in the compounds ἀναλέγομαι, ἐπιλέγομαι).
B.III.14 say or send word by another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.25, 7.4.5.)]
B.III.15 maintain as a thesis, οἱ τὰς ἰδέας λέγοντες [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 193b36, “Metaphorical” 1036b14.)]
B.III.16 nominate, Latin dicere [dictatorem], [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 36.26 (_passive_))]. (Cf. Latin lègo, legio, legulus ('olivegatherer').)
B pick up, etc.: tenses for signification 1 and 11, future λέξω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.224)]: aorist ἔλεξα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 292)]:—middle, future in passive sense λέξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 322)]: aorist ἐλεξάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.27 (_transitive_))]; Epic dialect ἐλέγμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.335; λέκτο 4.451)]:—passive, aorist ἐλέχθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.188: also post- 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus in these senses, but only in _composition_, especially with ἀπο-, ἐκ-, κατα-, συν)]-; post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]perfect εἴλοχα (κατ-, συν-), passive εἴλεγμαι, in these senses rarely λέλεγμαι (see. the compounds); also future λεγήσομαι (συλ-): aorist 2 ἐλέγην (κατ-, συν-):—gather, pick up, ὀστέα.. λέγωμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.239, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24. 72, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.53)]; αἱμασιάς τε λέγων picking out stones for building walls, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.359 (ubi see Scholia, compare λογάς 2), compare 24.224)]:—middle, gather for oneself, ἐπὶ δὲ ξύλα πολλὰ λέγεσθε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.507; ὀστέα λευκὰ λέγοντο 24.793; φάρμακα λέξασθαι 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.807.)]
B.2 middle, choose for oneself, pick out, λέξαιτο.. ἄνδρας ἀρίστους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.108; κούρους 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.27)]:—passive, to be chosen, εἰ.. λεγοίμεθα πάντες ἄριστοι [Refs (13.276.)]
B.II count, tell, ἐν δ᾽ ἡμέας λέγε κήτεσιν he counted us among the seals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.452)]; and in aorist middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.125)]; ἐγὼ πέμπτος μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην I reckoned myself.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.335)]; λέκτο δ᾽ ἀριθμόν he told him over the number, [Refs (4.451)]:—passive, μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέχθην I was counted among these, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.188.)]
B.II.b so, but not frequently, after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, λ. ποντιᾶν ψάφων ἀριθμόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.46, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 570; καθ᾽ ἓν ἕκαστον λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.45)]; also καὶ σὲ δ᾽ ἐν τούτοις λέγω count you among.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 973)]; λ. τινὰ οὐδαμοῦ count him as naught, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 183)]; κέρδος λ., εἰ.. count it gain, that.., [Refs ([prev. work] 462)]:—middle, λέξατο πάντας [ναύτας] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.189)]:—passive, λέγεσθαι ἐν τοῖς ἱππικωτάτοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.20; ἐνὶ πρώτῃσι λέγεσθαι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 16)]: future middle in passive sense, ἐν τοῖς οὐκέτ᾽ οὖσι λέξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [prev. cited])]
B.II.2 recount, tell over, οὔ τι διαπρήξαιμι λέγων ἐμὰ κήδεα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.197; σὺ δέ μοι λέγε θέσκελα ἔργα 11.374; τὰ ἕκαστα λέγων 12.165; ὅσα τ᾽ αὐτὸς.. ἐμόγησε, πάντ᾽ ἔλεγ᾽ 23.308: so in Trag., λ. τύχας, πάθη, μόχθους, etc., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 633, “Pers.” 292, “Ag.” 555, etc.)]; also Ἀγαμέμνονι.. λέγ᾽ ὀνείδεα repeated reproaches against him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.222; so perhaps ψεύδεα πολλὰ λ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 27 (but see below 111):)] —middle, τί σε χρὴ ταῦτα λέγεσθα; why need'st thou tell the tale thereof? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.275)]; and so, μηκέτι ταῦτα λεγώμεθα νηπύτιοι ὥς[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 292, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.240, 13.296; μηκέτι νῦν δήθ᾽ αὖθι λεγώμεθα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.435.)]
B.III say, speak, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 27 (see. above 11.2))]: future λέξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 38.1, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 859, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.14, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.33, etc.)]: aorist ἔλεξα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 217e, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.15 (rare in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)] and the Orators, common in some dialects, as Boeotian, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 7.504.2 (from Tanagra), Thessalian, [prev. work]9(2).461.21, Ionic, variant in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 12):)]perfect λέλεχα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.249, λέλεγα and λέλογας 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (εἴρηκα in correct writers))]:—passive, future λεχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.86, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67c, etc.)]: also future middle in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1186, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 906 (Lyric poetry), etc.; and λελέξομαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53 (variant{λέξεται}), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 457b:)]aorist ἐλέχθην (never ἐλέγην in this sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1442, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.32, etc.)]: perfect λέλεγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.20, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.21, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 389, etc. (εἴλεγμαι)] in this sense only in compound δι-): rare in compounds (only ἀντιλέγω, ἐπιλέγω, καταλέγω, προλέγω), the present in most compounds being supplied by ἀγορεύω, the future by ἐρῶ, the aorist by εἶπον, the perfect by εἴρηκα:
B.III.1 say, speak, never in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, first in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place], frequently from 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] and Trag. downwards; of all kinds of oral communications, ἐκέλευε λέγειν εἴ τι θέλοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.58)]; so λέγοις ἄν speak, say on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 268e, etc.; λ. μῦθον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 698 (troch.); ψευδῆ λ. [prev. author] “Ag.” 625; ἀληθῆ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 12b)] (so in passive, λόγος λέλεκται πᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 389))]; of oracles, say, declare, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.136)]; ὥσπερ τοὔνομα λέγει indicates, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312c: with Preps., λ. ἀμφί τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1017, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 580; περί τινος 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 34.2, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 165, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 151 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48)]; ὑπέρ τινος in his defence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 555, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.16)]; κατά τινος against him, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1240a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.2)]; λ. ἐπί τισι εὐχὰς ἀγαθάς express good wishes for them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 625 (_anapaest meter_))]; λ. τά τινος take his part, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.64)]; λ. πρός τι in reference or in answer to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 753, etc.; εἴς τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.5.1.)]
B.III.2 with accusative et infinitive, say that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.59, etc.: with _negative_ οὐ, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 348c, etc., but μή [prev. work] 346e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.5 (_passive_))], and usually in later Gr., [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.38.22; λ. μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν NT.Matt.22.23: frequently also followed by ὡς, ὅτι (generally so in the _active_ voice) when the subject of the relative clause may become the object of the principal Verb, γυναῖκα λέγουσιν, ὡς κάθηται.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.5, etc.: rarely with)]participle, λ. Οἰδίπουν ὀλωλότα speak of him as dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1580; λέγουσιν ἡμᾶς ὡς ὀλωλότας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 672; λέξασ᾽ ἀδελφῷ σ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ὄντα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 888)]:—passive, λέξεται ἔχων [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IT” 1047, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 170 (conjecture).)]
B.III.3 λέγειν τινά τι say something of another, especially κακὰ λ. τινά speak ill of him, revile him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.61; ἀγαθὰ λ. τινάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 435)]; τὰ ἔσχατα, τὰ ἀπόρρητα λ. ἀλλήλους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.123)]; also εὖ or κακῶς λ. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 445 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 524, compare 1028; εὖ λ. τὸν εὖ λέγοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.8.)]
B.III.4 call by name, ἃς τρέμομεν λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 128 (Lyric poetry))]: with double accusative, call so and so, λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν ἄνδρα τόνδε τῶν σταθμῶν κύνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 896, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 939 codices, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, etc.)]
B.III.5 λ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι tell, command one to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 553, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 101, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.22, etc.)]: so with τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 840, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.150 (no object expressed in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 925, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 856))]; λέγε τὸν ἐρωτῶντα ἵνα.. εἴπῃ σοι.. [NT+4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” p.1 H.; ὡς ὁ νόμος λέγει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.20; ὁ λέγων μὴ μοιχεύειν NT.Rom.2.22.)]
B.III.6 λ. τι say something, i.e. speak to the point or purpose, βούλῃ λέγειν τι, καὶ λέγων μηδὲν κλύει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 757)]; λέγω τ; am I right? the answer being λέγεις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 1475; κινδυνεύεις τι λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 404a; ἴσως ἄν τι λέγοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.12, compare “Cyr.” 1.4.20)]; opposed to οὐδὲν λέγει has no meaning, no authority, οὐδὲν λ. τὸ σωφρόνως τραφῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 334, compare “V.” 75)]; οὐδὲν λέγεις nonsense! [Refs ([prev. author] “Th.” 625)]; but οὐδὲν λέγειν, also, say what is not, lie, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Av.” 66, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30b)]; also εὖ γε λέγεις, εὖ λέγεις, εὖ ἂν λέγοις, good news!, that is well!,[Refs ([prev. work] 24e, “Grg.” 447b, “Prt.” 310b)]; καλῶς, ὀρθῶς λ., you are right, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.4, 3.6.8)]; κοὔπω λέγω and what is more, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.44)]; τί λέγει; τὸν ἔποπα παῖ καλεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 57, compare “Ec.” 298 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.III.7 pleonastic, ἔφη λέγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.156, 5.36; ἔλεγε φάς [prev. author] 1.122; ἔφασκε λέγων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 472; ἦ δ᾽ ὃς λέγων [prev. author] “V.” 795; ὡς ἔφη λέγων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 757; καὶ λέγων εἶπεν οὕτω πως 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.74, etc.)]
B.III.8 at the beginning of letters or documents, Ἄμασις Πολυκράτεϊ ὧδε λέγει.., Μαρδόνιος τάδε λέγει.., etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40, 8.140)]. ά, etc.; τὰ γράμματα ἔλεγε τάδε [Refs ([prev. author] 1.124, etc.)]; γράμμασι λέγον τάδε, of an inscription, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54)]: in roman edicts, Μάρκος Μέττιος Ῥοῦφος.. λέγει [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 viii 28 (1st c.AD).)]
B.III.9 wish to say, mean, οὔτοι γυναῖκας ἀλλὰ Γοργόνας λέγω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 48)]; τί τοῦτο λέγει, πρὸ Πύλοι; what does πρὸ Πύλοιο mean? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1059, compare 1021, 1375, “Ec.” 989, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 60e: frequently in Platonic dialogue, πῶς λέγεις)]; how do you mean? in what sense do you say this? Ap.[Refs (24e, +others)]; ἢ πῶς λέγομε; or what do we mean to say? Grg.[Refs (480b)]; πῶς δὴ οὖν αὐτὸ λέγει; [Refs (“Phdr.” 265c)]; ποῖόν τί ποτε ἄρα λέγοντές φασι.. what they can possibly mean by saying.., [Refs (“Tht.” 181c, +others: with double _accusative_, τοιοῦτόν τι σὲ λέγειν τὸ κρεῖττον “Grg.” 489d, +others: frequently (especially in Trag.) to explain more fully, εἴσω κομίζου καὶ σύ, Κασάνδραν λέγω)] you, I mean Cassandra, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1035; ὁ μάντις, υἱὸν Οἰκλέους λ. [prev. author] “Th.” 609, compare 658 (variant), “Pr.” 946; ποταμός, Ἀχελῷον λέγω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 9, compare 1220, “Ph.” 1261, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 987)]; ἐμὲ λέγων meaning me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.215; τὸ δ᾽ ὑμεῖς ὅταν λέγω, τὴν πόλιν λ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.88: sometimes, however, the word after λέγω)] is put in apposition with the word to be explained, Ἀντικλείας.., τῆς σῆς λέγω τοι μητρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 175, compare “Th.” 658 codex M; περὶ τῶνδε.., λέγω δὲ Φωκέων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.152; παρ᾽ ὧν.., τούτων τῶν τὴν Ἀσίαν οἰκούντων λέγω [prev. author] 8.24, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 202b: _absolutely_, μηδενὸς ὄντος ἐν [τῇ χώρᾳ] λέγω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.27.)]
B.III.9.b περὶ ἃς (i.e. ἀπολαύσεις) λέγομεν τὸν σώφρονα in regard to which we use the term 'temperate', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1148a5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494b.)]
B.III.10 ὡς λέγουσι as they say, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 23, etc.; ὡς λ. μοι [prev. author] “OC” 1161:)] —passive, λέγεται it is said, c.accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.30, +others)]; but also πατρὸς λέγεται γενέσθαι.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.2.1)]; θανεῖν ἐλέχθη he was said to have been killed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 292; so λεγόμενον ἐρέω 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.108: τὸ λεγόμενον)] absolutely, as the saying goes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.68, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 447a, “Smp.” 217e, etc.; τὸ λ. δὴ τοῦτο [prev. author] “Grg.” 514e: ὁ λεγόμενος γραῶν ὕθλος)] the so-called.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 176b; οἱ λ. αὐτόνομοι εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.8)]; οἱ λ. ὅτι.. of whom it is said that.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.6.16.)]
B.III.11 of orators, speak (emphatically), λέγειν δεινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 545, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.9, etc.; λέγειν ἠσκηκότες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 963, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 95 (see. λαλέω); λ. τε καὶ πράσσειν δυνατώτατος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139; οἱ ἐν τῷ πλήθει λέγειν δυνάμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.8, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.286)]; plead one's cause in a court of law, [Refs ([prev. author] 23.78)]; δίκας λέγειν ὑπέρ τινος speak as an advocate for.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.111.)]
B.III.12 boast of, tell of, τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ῥώμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.10)]; in Poets, sing of, θέλω λ. Ἀτρείδας [Refs (“Anacreontea” 23.1.)]
B.III.13 recite what is written, λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον καὶ λέγε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 143c; and frequently in Oratt., as λέγε τὸν νόμον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.8)] and 10, etc.; of lectures, ἀκούσατέ μου σχόλια λέγοντος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.21.6, compare 15.8)] (the sense of Latin lego, read, occurs only in the compounds ἀναλέγομαι, ἐπιλέγομαι).
B.III.14 say or send word by another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.25, 7.4.5.)]
B.III.15 maintain as a thesis, οἱ τὰς ἰδέας λέγοντες [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 193b36, “Metaphorical” 1036b14.)]
B.III.16 nominate, Latin dicere [dictatorem], [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 36.26 (_passive_))]. (Cf. Latin lègo, legio, legulus ('olivegatherer').)